Daniel Whitehill

This first trailer for DuckTales might just be the coolest thing we see all week, all year, or in our lifetimes. David Tennant was simply born to play Scrooge McDuck.

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Mass Effect 3 may have been a disappointing end to the alien dating trilogy, but BioWare handled the multiplayer component with a bit of grace. Instead of shoving in a bunch of maps with the season pass for the game, all the extra maps were released for free. That trend is going to continue in the upcoming Andromeda as confirmed by BioWare's general manager, Aaryn Flynn.

Along with that information, the producer for Andromeda (Fernando Melo) stated that the multiplayer component would tie back in with the single-player in the form of some unlocks for your character. Melo mentioned on Twitter, "On the fifth day of MP-mas, the MP dev team gave to you: a new feature in MEA – Missions. Your link between MP/SP. Play & get rewards in both."

That sounds similar to how Mass Effect 3 handled your "War Readiness" for completing missions in co-op mode. That may be a bit tacky (since you can farm out components to make the game easier), but at least your time spent away from the campaign won't be for naught. Getting extra maps for free is also a pretty nice gesture, even if that used to be an industry standard (I miss you Unreal Tournament).

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s Multiplayer Maps Will Be Free [WWG]

The hot “Pool Boy” from Coca-Cola’s new commercial from their “Taste The Feeling” campaign.

When One Million Moms (read: Four Crazy Moms With Too Much Time On Their Hands) get bored with sharting up rage-filled emails about Disney’s first gay cartoon kiss and LeFou being a big ole’ gay, they can use their fingers of throbbing rage to shoot out nonsensical hate mail at Coca-Cola. On Thursday, Coke spit out the latest commercial that’s part of their “Taste The Feeling” campaign. It stars a sister and a brother who are thirsting so hard for the pool boy that they can taste the feeling. And the feeling doesn’t taste like Coke, unless the pool dude’s peen tastes like Coca-Cola. If that’s the case, then his dick must be rivals with Lana Del Rey’s Pepsi-Cola pussy.

Rodolfo Echeverria, the marketer’s VP-global creative, said this to Ad Age about the ad:

 “This story has more layers, including a ‘wink’ that touches on our point of view regarding diversity and inclusion. We are managing our culturally relevant messages organically within our campaign spots not as the main subject of the story but as subtext.”

The pool boy in this ad is no Lucky Vanous, but I am into him dressed up like a small-town gas attendant in a gay porn parody:

Why does the gay guy have to be the crazed psycho who tries to murder his sister over a man?! But really, the brother and sister should be ashamed of themselves. I mean, pushing and tripping? That’s the way toddlers fight! One of them should’ve broke a Coke bottle and threatened to cut a bitch if they even think of trying to get near that hot pool piece.

Pic: YouTube

Early indications are that this will not be your standard fare E3. Even if the quality of the reveals is about the same as usual, the format of the whole show has significantly changed. Last week, the ESA announced that it's selling tickets to the public this year. Now, Microsoft has ventured out of its comfort zone too.

Late this morning, we received an email from Microsoft that served as a save the date of sorts (February is too early for this kind of thing). It tells us that the Xbox E3 briefing will be on Sunday afternoon at 2pm this year. Here's the graphic that was attached:

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Vampire-themed shows are a dime a dozen, but you might have a better-than-usual reason to care about this one. Producer Adi Shankar (of Dredd and The Grey fame) has revealed that he's working on a Castlevania animated series for Netflix, with a first season due in 2017 and a second due the following year. Not only that, but you may be familiar with some of the contributors. Warren Ellis (from the Red graphic novel and numerous comic book imprints) is writing, while Adventure Time's Kevin Kolde is also involved.

Via: Glixel

Source: Adi Shankar (Facebook)

Last weekend Ubisoft ran a closed beta for their upcoming open-world tangos ’n tactics game Ghost Recon Wildlands. I spent a few hours playing and am here to tell you what I thought.

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Most video games are shy about showing a dong. Conan Exiles is not one of them.

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The first trailer for Power Rangers set up the very serious world of this newly rebooted Angel Grove. But the second sees our teens with attitudes become the heroes they were always meant to be, and it’s a lot more fun.

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Few movies have as original or weird a premise as Colossal. That premise: Anne Hathaway plays a woman who realizes she can occasionally spawn a real-life giant monster halfway across the world that acts as her avatar, mimicking her movements.

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Super Mario Odyssey has Mario jumping into an actual city, which is populated by humans. One problem: the humans are proportioned realistically, and Mario is not. It’s the most jarring and upsetting detail about tonight’s Switch event.

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On August 21st, a shadow produced by a total solar eclipse will travel from the USA’s Pacific coast right through to the Atlantic coast—something that hasn’t happened in nearly 100 years. A new NASA animation shows where you’ll need to be to catch this once-in-a-lifetime event.

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To date, Horizon‘s trailers have offered glimpses of the game’s majestic, post-post-apocalyptic world and awe-inspiring machines. There’s a lot we’ve yet to show, but we’re starting the new year with a big new trailer that focuses on yet another threat for Aloy to face.

The video likewise affords glimpses of some of the allies who may join Aloy’s cause, from the mighty to the mysterious.

Who are these masked warriors, and what is the source of their power over the machines? Who will rally to Aloy’s side on the field of battle? The answers to these and other questions will be revealed on February 28, 2017, when Horizon Zero Dawn launches exclusively for PS4.

For everything Horizon Zero Dawn, keep your eyes on our Twitter and Facebook channels for new updates.

It’s happening. It’s really happening. After years of speculation and customer demand, the new Ford Bronco and Ford Ranger are back. Ford confirmed as much today at the Detroit Auto Show, saying both trucks are on the way in a few short years. Holy crap.

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A Swedish creative called Snask has hooked up with a brewery called Pangpang to bring the world the FIRST EVER shower beer called Shower Beer! Shower Beer is pretty much the Fingos or beers, because every beer is already a shower beer.

People says that Shower Beer was created specifically to drink in between washing your ass and crying on the floor of your shower. They shrunk the normal-sized beer bottle down to a 6 oz. bottle. But they claim that the smaller serving has as much booze content as a normal-sized bottle. Shower Beer’s got 10% ABV and that’s twice as much as a Budweiser.

The founder of Pangpang told Vice that Shower Beer’s taste goes well with suds. Warning: Beer snob talk ahead!

“I let the Shower Beer sit longer in the primary fermenter before dry hopping and cold crashing it, compared to other PangPang beers. This lets it develop a soapy flavor that in some beers is considered an ‘off’ flavor, but is just on point for the Shower Beer. The beer is heavily hopped with Citra [hops], and has a citrusy, soapy, and somewhat herbal profile.”

Shower Beer can also be used as a conditioner. Those of you who used Body On Tap back in the day are pfft-ing at this mess, I’m sure. Because Body On Tap cleansed your hair and if you drank it, it probably gave you a little buzz.

Shower Beer just seems dangerous to me. It’s like an ER visit waiting to happen. Glass + water everywhere = cut up feet. And if you drink a few Shower Beers, you may get a little horny, which may lead to you getting ideas after eyeing that bottle. You may end up in the ER, telling the doctor that you slipped in the shower and landed asshole-first on a little beer bottle on the floor. Who put that little beer bottle there?!

Now that I mention it, what the world really needs is a safe-to-use shower dildo that’s also filled with beer!!

Pics: Snask

Hillary Clinton is considering running for Mayor of New York City, challenging Bill de Blasio, whose term ends at the end of the year, the NY Daily News reports:

Hillary Clinton left open the possibility of running for mayor of New York City this year in a private conversation with a top Democrat, a well-placed source told the Daily News.

Clinton, who is being pressed by many New York Dems to get back into the game by running for mayor, did not rule out challenging current City Hall occupant Mayor de Blasio in that conversation, the source said.

The Dem primary is in nine months. Candidates must live in one of NYC’s five boroughs by election day.

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A BBC2 sketch comedy scene from the show Revolting that spoofs the “Real Housewives” formula by taking it into the world of ISIS terrorists has gone viral (more than 16 million views on Facebook) though many are expressing disgust that it projects an unflattering image of Muslim women at a time when Islamophobia is rife and is insensitive to those who have been victims of terror.

Writes THR:

One scene sees one of the characters modeling her new outfit: a suicide vest. “Oh babe, you look gorgeous!” says a friend, before telling the camera: “She looked massive. You’re gonna need a lot of Semtex to kill that one.”

Another shows a character explaining that it’s “only three days to the beheading, and I’ve no idea what I’m going to wear.”

Perhaps predictably, the response from social media was less than enthusiastic. Many said it was “distasteful” when there were many cases of British girls under the age of 18 who had been groomed online and lured to the Islamic State.

One Facebook user described it as having “all the fun of an off-base Amy Schumer skit with the same lack of awareness of anything other than itself,” adding that the humor was “only funny if you look down on someone else and enjoy seeing them unhappy because they are not white and Christian.”

But not everyone has been offended, with several Twitter users pointing out that the whole point of satire was to bring people down to a level.

Watch:

A few reactions:

Constructing an image of Muslim women as oppressed and fond of terrorism at a time of widespread gendered Islamophobia is deeply sinister.

— Harry Shotton (@HarryShotton) January 4, 2017

My opinion on the #RealHousewivesOfIsis sketch from the @BBC show, #Revolting. pic.twitter.com/hYLv9i53ih

— Ali Official (@AliOfficialUK) January 4, 2017

The BBC really made a satirical show called "The Real Housewives of ISIS" while the real housewives of ISIS are being raped and abused daily

— Meraj. (@UncleMeraj) January 4, 2017

It’s a shame that the humourless and perpetually offended do not see this for what it is – progress.https://t.co/SrNHvROMQS

— Stephen Knight GS (@GSpellchecker) January 5, 2017

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 A lot of car makers are building Alexa skills for their vehicles, but these tend to be about making it possible for car owners to do things like turn on their cars from inside their homes via their Echo devices. Ford and Amazon are building an Alexa integration that goes the other way, providing car-to-home voice control with Alexa embedded in Ford’s SYNC 3 infotainment system. The… Read More

Since Tesla released Version 8.0 of its Autopilot system this summer, CEO Elon Musk has touted its lifesaving potential. Today, dashcam footage from the Netherlands showed just how powerful the new safety feature can be.

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